Rumah Rasa Review: Indonesian Brunch Buffet With Plenty Of Crab Dishes And Live BBQ

Despite the abundance of restaurants dishing out food that’ll make anyone go “Enak dong”, it’s quite rare for makan sessions to be centred around Indonesian food. The Rice Table Review: 14-Course Indonesian Lunch Buffet At $18.95 Nett At Orchard Hoping to change that is Rumah Rasa with their Sunday Brunch ($48++) . Food at Rumah Rasa The first station we headed to was the kerabu station which had four different types of kerabu and a scrambled egg platter.

For the uninitiated, kerabu is sorta like the Indonesian version of a salad – only that it’s eaten with rice. Most people would assume that kerabu tastes the same across the board, but they’d be wrong.

For instance, the kerabu botol – made of greens drenched in soy sauce – was refreshingly sweet. To get a sense of how small it is, the above picture features most of the side dishes that go with the Long Bean and Sausage Fried Rice – all lumped on one plate.

The Roasted Boneless Chicken Leg With Belado Cream Sauce is what you get when you pour the thickest, most saturated version of chicken rice chilli sauce onto chicken. You get different taste profiles as you bite into the moist chicken, such as spiciness, sweetness and a dash of sourness.

You would have probably noticed the chopped crab that’s floating in the bowl. Well, don’t get your hopes up ‘cause the amount of crab meat in it is really, really scant.

On that note, there was a surprisingly huge number of crab dishes at the buffet table, but the chilled ones at the seafood section were the best. Taste-wise, it had a mix of brininess and sweetness which made for a pleasant mouthfeel.

Luckily for us, they started the live BBQ station just as we were arranging our food, meaning we had first dibs on the grilled goodness that laid before our eyes. Some of the items that were up for grabs include squid , chicken , crab and potato .

Next up were the kuehs and just like the entries that preceded them, they were a mixed bag. However, the eclairs were absolutely dry and was akin to eating sawdust.

Pile as many scoops as you wish onto freshly made waffles and savour them with loads of tantalising toppings like sliced strawberries , chopped almonds , and rainbow rice . Ambience at Rumah Rasa Rumah Rasa has that sort of posh decor you’d expect from hotels in the area. The dining space was well-lit and I especially enjoyed how classic Indonesian pop songs were constantly playing in the background.

That being told reporters, I didn’t like how many flies there were buzzing in the area.